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Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Character | Living thing in a story |
| Antagonist | The main villain or the person that opposes the protagonist |
| Dynamic character | A person that changes mentally, physically, or emotionally throughout the story |
| Protagonist | Main character or person who opposes the antagonist |
| Static character | A person that stays the same through the story |
| Conflict | A problem in the story |
| External Conflict | A problem outside of the protagonist vs antagonist |
| Inner Conflict | Mental conflict, inability to decide, or emotional conflict |
| Dialogue | 2 or more characters speaking |
| Exposition | Backround info |
| Inciting moment | Moment that sparks the rising action |
| Rising action | Series of events that gets more intense as the conflict grows |
| Climax | When all of the tension comes to a head and releases |
| Falling Action | Results of climax |
| Resolution | Solution to the problem |
| Novel | A story with a problem and a solution |
| Plot | What is going to happen in the story |
| Setting | When and where the story takes place |
| Short story | Chapter length story |